Julius L. Stegall was my mother, Ellen Stegall Worsham, father.
He passed when she was around 3 years old and she never really had the opportunity to meet her amazing father.
Julius L. Stegall studied at the Maryville Freedman Institute, in Maryville, TN. He became an educator and was sent to many areas to educate other Blacks to read and write. That penmanship was the most interesting during that time because it seem that all wrote the same. It was so eloquent.
My grandfather purchased a 120 acre farm in McCrory Woodruff County, AR, DeView Community1886 and it is still in our family today!
We received the Arkansas Century Farm Award in Little Rock, AR a few years ago with Governor Asa Hutchinson.
I wish I knew more about him because he was a Strong Black Man with hopes and dreams.
My mother often spoke of the hardships they endured taking care of the farm after her father passed. But her mother, Adliza Grant Stegall, was a Strong Black Woman, fought to keep the land.
My mother, Ellen Stegall Worsham always told us....
"Don't Sell The Land Because God Is Not Making Anymore"
Have a great day family,
Joyce Worsham Adams
Memphis, Tennessee
